Making Moves
For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.
Alison “Ali” Swedenberg-Suarez has joined Kale Realty as the new assistant managing broker. She has nearly a decade of experience in the real estate industry.
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) has appointed Charles El-Moussa to the position of general counsel, effective immediately.
Industry veteran Tripti Kasal has joined the Chicago-based Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) in a newly created position: senior vice president, member engagement. In this role, Kasal will head LeadingRE’s U.S. membership services team, increasing member
Agent duo Anna Fiascone and Natalie Ryan have affiliated with COMPASS. They joined forces at BHHS Chicago in 2020, forming AFNR Homes.
Wacksman joined Zillow from Microsoft in 2009.
Dave Szymendera has joined Coldwell Banker Realty as an agent; he will operate in the western suburbs.
Madrid will lead expansion of the company’s national builder joint-venture division.
Joe Stacy has joined COMPASS as head of agent development. He has over three decades of real estate experience.
Roberto “Beto” Montaño is now an advisor with Engel & Völkers (E&V) Chicago. Most recently, Montaño was a managing broker with RE/MAX and, before that, he spent more than a decade working in politics.
Phoenix agent Lisa Zaklan is expanding her services to Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty in Chicago.
Knapp is optimistic about where the industry is headed this fall and beyond.
CENTURY 21 Circle, which includes the companies Skylight Insurance and Acuity Title, has appointed a new president, Bryan Johnson, and a new controller, Toma Jonaityte.
The Naperville-based team RR Galaxy has affiliated Keller Williams Infinity. Led by Raj Potluri and SaiRavi Suribhotla, they have been with Real People Realty since early 2022.
The team of five has more than $1 billion in career sales volume.
Hardy was previously with Gold Coast Realty.
Industry veteran Yvonne Mortimer has returned to Baird & Warne as director of broker development. Most recently, she led multiple BHHS Chicago offices.